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1: That One Time When George Washington Sort of Triggered an International War

History That Doesn't Suck

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George's Adventures in the Ohio Valley

On December 4th, 1753, George arrives at Venango. A French captain raised among the Seneca people invites him to join him for dinner. As the group dines, Le Capitan has a bit too much wine and drunkenly admits to the young Virginian that it was their absolute design to take possession of the Ohio. The next day, George meets the one-eyed, silver-haired, 52-year-old Captain Jacques Ligaudel de Saint-Pierre,. He delivers the back-off the Ohio or else message.

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